Chapter 3

A Helpful Bottle

Stitch anxiously followed Lilo. Patch and Lilo walked side-by-side. Stitch quickly ran to the other side of Lilo, and fell in step with her. Lilo was frowning, if Jumba was out than that meant that if they discovered another experiment it would be up to them to find out what it could really do. It was deathly silent.

Patch opened his mouth like he was about to saw something, then closed it. Stitch glared at Patch.

"Why don't Lilo trust Stitch?" Stitch suddenly asked.

"I trust you Stitch," Lilo protested, she stopped walking, and looking at him.

Patch smirked. He had a feeling that Stitch wasn't going to win this fight. Lilo furrowed her brows. Stitch was just jealous of Patch, like he had been of Mr. Stenchy. Maybe she wasn't paying enough attention to him.

"Then why don't you believe Stitch?" He pressed crossing his arms.

"Because I think you are just jealous of Patch and are sick." Lilo snapped.

Stitch almost flinched. He looked hurt. He then narrowed his eyes and his face hardened.

"Fine," Stitch growled turning the other way.

An awkward silence filled the air for a moment.

"Nagga," Stitch muttered, running ahead of them.

"Stitch," Lilo sighed shaking her head.

She turned to Patch, "He'll get over it. He is just upset because of Jumba."

Lilo hugged herself tighter. Maybe she was trying to convince herself more than Patch. She could trust him more, but maybe he was wrong.

Stitch ran all the way to Lilo's house. He was sad that Lilo didn't trust him, but he needed a reason to get away. He quickly bolted into the house. Stitch quickly waved at Nani hoped up the steps. He paused for a moment. He couldn't remember where he'd put it. The blue experiment sighed and headed towards Jumba's room. Stitch began to go through everything. After pulling our several drawers and emptying many containers, Stitch found what he was looking for.

He clutched the bottle of pills closely. There was only about 15 in there. It seemed wrong that he would have to choice which experiments should be able to resist Patch, but it was a few, or none.

Stitch glanced around before running back out the door.

"Stitch, do you know whe-" Nani began, but stopped after he shut the door.

Nani sighed and resumed cooking. Stitch glanced back at the house. He hurried to town. He really didn't want Lilo to know what he was doing. She would probably just be mad at him and tell him that he was just imagining it .

Stitch glanced around in time. He had in mind a few experiments that he wanted to make immune. He began to make his way towards the shore. Suddenly Myrtle and her friends rode around the bend.

"Ew, look, it's Lilo's weird and ugly dog." She laughed.

Stitch growled. He noticed she was riding a bike. He smirked. Stitch pushed her out of the bike and stole it.

"Hey! You stole my bike," She whined bursting into tears.

Stitch felt a bit guilty, but he would return it. Besides, she should pay for being so mean to Lilo. He could move much faster this way and he quickly reached the lighthouse.

"Sparky?" Stitch called, jumping off the bike.

There was a bright flash of electricity. A yellow experiment whizzed down stairs. It flashed a smile at Stitch. It resembled Stitch, but there were a few differences. It had a slightly stouter body, and long antenna. Its eyes were dark blue. Sparky also had a longer tail.

"Cousin!" Stitch declared, giving his relative a hug.

"This is important," Stitch handed him a blue pill, " swallow it."

Sparky glanced at Stitch and them swallowed it. Stitch smiled. Good, now 14 more to go.

Stitch continued to hand out the pills to his ohana. Yin, Yang, Rector, and Slugger were a few of the other experiments. Finally Stitch went to go visit Angel. When the pink experiment saw him, she gave him a tight hug. The two smiled. Angel was a female version of Stitch. Her antenna were slightly longer and she did have a heart shaped locket of white fur on her chest though.

She gave him a light kiss on the check. Stitch smiled and grabbed one of the blue pills. He held it out for her to take it. She picked it up and examined it. Her eyes questioned him, but Stitch just willed her to trust him. Angel let out a sigh and swallowed.

"Thank you," Stitch said giving her a hug.

"Stitch need to go, butt will see you at party," He explained getting into the bike.

Angel waved at him and blew him a kiss as he went. Stitch let out a love-struck sigh. He wished he could spend more time with Angel, but he and Lilo were busy.

Meanwhile, Lilo and Patch made their way back home. Lilo found it was easy to talk to Patch without Stitch around. She did feel bad though. Lilo hoped that he would forgive her. Weirdly, when they got back he wasn't there.

"Nani, have you seen Stitch?" Lilo asked glancing in Jumba's room.

"Yeah, he was here earlier, but he left in a hurry after going through Jumba's room," She explained.

Patch opened the door to Jumba's room. It was in even messier than before. Lilo felt bad going through Jumba's room when he was sick, but she needed to know what he was looking for. She glanced around. It didn't seem like anything had been taken. Maybe he had stashed something in here?

"I wonder why he was in here," Lilo wondered staring at all the cool gadgets.

"He probably toke something dangerous. It is in his genetics to be evil," Patch suggested.

"Just because he is programmed to be evil, doesn't mean he is," Lilo replied defensively.

"I know, it's just that I couldn't think of anything else he would take," Patch lied.

Patch could think of exactly one thing that he thought Stitch would take. He must be giving something to the other experiments to make it so they were also hard to control. No matter, after they fell asleep, it was barely possible to resist. It was fun to play puppet master. He liked watching that stupid trough struggle for Lilo's affection. He hadn't even been here a whole day and he was already winning her over.

Lilo sighed. It was also obvious she still cared about him though. In a matter of time he would only be a memory.

"Maybe he's in town," Lilo sounded hopeful as she turned to walk out of the room.

"Maybe," Patch followed her.

Stitch returned Myrtle's bike to her house after he gave away the remaining pills. It was nice that his cousins had so much faith in him. Stitch ran home. He hoped he hadn't worried Lilo. Suddenly a familiar red car drove by.

"Stitch?" A voice called.

Stitch turned to face the car. It was now doing a u-turn. Lilo waved to him from the passengers seat. Patch sat in the drivers seat with a grim face. That stung Stitch couldn't help but think. They stopped next to Stitch. Stitch narrowed his eyes at Patch.

"I drive," He growled.

"Looks like you have to hop in the back," Lilo shrugged.

Stitch smiled and climbed into the drivers seat. He laughed drove them back home.

"Oh no!" Lilo cried, "We forgot all about the party!"

"Not Stitch," Stitch said handing her some wrapping paper.

"Thanks Stitch, You're the best," She said giving him a high-five.